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Title: The Importance Of Training Natural Gas Technicians
Author: Mark Firmin
Source: 2007 Natural Gas Sampling Technology Conference
Year Published: 2007
Abstract: The custody meter is the cash register. Thats a common saying in the natural gas industry that does a great job of emphasizing the direct financial impact of measurement. The equipment and methods used for measurement are implemented by measurement personnel, and training affects the abilities of people. It follows then, that training of measurement personnel has a financial impact on natural gas companies. Lack of good training could be costing natural gas companies a great deal of money. What is being bought and sold at the custody meter is energy. The assessment of the amount of that energy is influenced by many factors that all fall into two categories: accurate flow measurement and accurate analysis of the gas. Even if the flow measuring equipment and the analyzer are working perfectly, if the sample provided to the analyzer does not represent the gas flowing through the meter, then the heating value calculated from the composition will not be correct and the amount money that changes hands will not be correct. The industry universally acknowledges, and widely accepts, that sample handling and conditioning is overwhelmingly the largest source of errors in gas analysis, yet the focus has been on the analyzer rather than the sample system, especially when it comes to training. The focus of this paper is on the impact that training can have in the area of sample handling and conditioning.

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